Comments on: High on Fame: Michael Jackson and Enabling Doctors

By: Big Nick

Big Nick — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:12:04 +0000

To the defense of Doctors: I can see how they are lead astray. Annoying patients come to them everyday whining and complaining about their problems of pain or depression (most likely they are short term manifestations that can be dealt with by taking a day or two off from work). An MD can only do so much, and the easy and cost effective way to shut them up is to throw pills at them. One thing Dr. Chopra did not emphasize is the Pharma influence on all of this. In between seeing patients, Dr.s see pharma reps who reward them for writing scripts for their drugs. You better believe that if that Dr. is moving lots of Oxy or Percs, he is going to be handsomely rewarded.
Anna, your short sightedness and almost uneducated statements above mine are frightening. The truth is the truth. Dr. Chopra is taking advantage of a bad situation. There are millions of people that are addicted to drugs and have terrible body image and self esteem issues…if by talking about Michael’s issues saves one person, he has done an amazing job. You say you have all his books? Read them again, my dear, you will see the light…

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:13:52 +0000

I had a great respect for Dr
chopra. I have all his books, I have been following him for the last 20 years. I am very sad that he claim Michael wa like a brother and keep showing on tv and talk about Micheal’s prolem. You were suppose to be a friend, friends do do that
dr. Chopra, he is not here do defend him self. It is a shame and a man on your stature, spiritual couseler to come out on the day that he died talk about that he was taking drug… he had body emage problem, all the negative things about him, could’nt you wait until he is buried. I am very very sad about you, IYou show your true color to the WORLD!!

By: pattybonviso

pattybonviso — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:00:20 +0000

Thank you for posting this. I have been in recovery as of 7/4/09 I will have 21 years clean. It’s a “free” 12 step fellowship of othber recovering addicts helping each othber through our own experiences and the 12 steps to live happy, joyous, and free. I CANNOT tell you the amount of woman I have sponsored through the years on needless medications. One woman mentioned to me she was on Prozac, I said Oh tell me more…She said that SEVERAL years ago in the same year she became divorced and her mother died, went to the DR, he said you are depressed take some Prozac. Several years later he is still prescribing it to her! I told her to talk to him about it and as soon as she did he weened her off. All the same for pain meds. When you go in for a procedure, the Dr’s prescribe 1-2 weeks worth, and nowadays it seems to be Oxycontin, which some time ago was only used for dying cancer patients. I tell my sponsees depending on the procedure get 1-3 days worth, that usually covers it. You can always get more if for some reason you are in extreme pain after 3 days. Usually OTC meds will work after that. You are right, there is no regard for the patients mental and physical health. Thank you again.

I hope Michael is finally Happy, Joyous, and Free ..

Love and Peace

Patty B

By: Shaun

Shaun — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:08 +0000

It’s all good and well analyzing after the fact and coming to the conclusion that drugs and doctors should be better policed, but that is not the world I would like to live in.

Nobody has the right to police and control others.

Not to mention the fact that if someone wants drugs will find them no amount of money spent on preventing them would help.

I really can’t see any benefit of thinking of new ways to stop people taking drugs and doctors enabling people we should be focusing on the amazing creator that Michael was.

By: Jing

Jing — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:54:26 +0000

I belieave extensic Therapy is a essential before giving people prescription drugs. Would you agree Dr. Deepak? Finding out what is at the root of the psychological pain (e.x. childhood abuse) the patient is going through. Puting in a “client centered” way of understanding the patients past. Perhaps?

If Mr. Michael Jackson was given extensic therapy perhaps his tragic death would be avoided? I think many celebrities experience at times psychlogical loneliness and just want someone to be there to talk to. I think Therapy would help.

If any i think Therapy (client centered) would definily help.

By: Hack@man

Hack@man — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:16:51 +0000

Erol, are you on drugs?

What exactly do you think our Federal government will pattern the health care
plan after, Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid?? And we are supposed
to expect a better outcome? What makes you think they will get this one right?
Why not start by fixing the ones that are headed for default? Oh, that’s right
their isn’t enough money in Camelot to fix it, is there.
Gee, what about the Great Society? “We are going to solve poverty in our
lifetime”… Yep, we’re well on our way alright, in fact we’ve created a new
sub-culture.. Single moms raising children without fathers. They grow up
never seeing a father leave home to go to work… The only thing they can
learn is that paychecks come in the mail with US Gov stamps on the front,
or to just hustle and steal to make a living….
Why is it so hard for you all to see the failure of the statist worldview?
Government cannot solve these problems, it only makes them worse!
But I guess since we have so much cash in reserve we might as well
give it another try right?
Welcome to the Bizzarro World!

By: Erol

Erol — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:28:18 +0000

A great reason to suppor the new healthcare plan, with universal computer patient
records. When everything is tracked on a patient, doctors could see all prescriptions on
a patient. No more separation between doctors, no more excuses. Let’s bring medicine
into the 20th Century and break their old methods of hording and hiding records from
eachother to own the patient.

I just heard today from a friend who was rushed to the hospital. Turns out that drug interactions caused 5 ulcers in the stomach, loss of blood, anemia. If every prescription we’re tracked by computer, drug interactions would immediately be caught by software
and this potentially life threatening problem would have been eliminated.

More people die each year from medical mistakes like this that AIDS, breast cancer, and
car accidents combined. Time for patients to have universal records.

Finally, what has happened to RESPONSIBILITY in this country?

By: webster

webster — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:08:48 +0000

Thank you for posting this.

It will help motivate the grass roots to
stay the course for real health care reform.

By: Vivian Martinez

Vivian Martinez — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:59:48 +0000

It reminds me that everyone follows a path, perhaps some follow one to help us all open our eyes…